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At least 19 colleges, including several from the power five conferences, plan to shift their digital rights to Sidearm Sports, the technology company owned by Learfield Sports.
Learfield clients Indiana, Texas A&M and Louisvil...

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T hree weeks ago,
under the uninspired leadership of Michael Powell, the Federal Communications
Commission voted 3 to 2 to allow networks to increase their ownership of local
affiliates.
The new rules allow the networks to own a newspaper and television station
in the same cit ...

O ne of the most
extraordinary lawsuits in modern sports history was filed on June 6, when five
football schools in the Big East Conference asked a Connecticut state court
to block the anticipated defection of two other members, the University of Miami
and Boston College, to the A ...

I t pains me to
see the rows of empty seats in baseball stadiums every night. But baseball has
brought this on itself. Since the stadium construction boom began, baseball
has changed its in-game strategy to selling distractions instead of selling
the sport.
Going to a baseball ...

We were not surprised when NBC left Lausanne, Switzerland,
with the media rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics. In the competitive business
of television sports programming, you pay what it takes to keep your signature
properties. NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol — taking a cue fr ...

M ichael Jordan stepped off his throne as the player at the end of
this past NBA regular season. Nike had to identify a correct "someone" to step into the line of succession and assume MJ's royal perch.
So, was anyone truly surprised at the sum of the ransom for LeBron
"King" James' ...

We shouldn't be surprised that the CEOs of many U.S. cable companies are pleading with Congress to protect them from big, bad ESPN.
Their livelihoods historically have depended on a cozy relationship with their partners in government, so it was a safe bet they would turn to Congress
for pr ...

T he recent firing of Michael Jordan by the Washington Wizards ends
yet another chapter in the dysfunctional history of the National Basketball Association franchise. Under the stewardship of owner Abe Pollin, the Wizards
have managed only two winning seasons over the last two decades. ...

W e're far enough along in the baseball season to note an unsettling
pattern for those of us who care about the game: Fans are staying away from the once unassailable national pastime in numbers. And we are far enough along
in our comprehension of the forces that affect sports business ...